Events

Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World – exhibit opening

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Much like today, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in […]

The Power of Antiquity in the Making of Modern Egypt (Free Virtual Lecture)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Wendy Doyon, Historian of Archaeology and Modern Egypt Ancient Egypt conjures images of pharaonic temples, tombs, and pyramids, and perhaps, even the familiar illustrations from children’s books and magazines showing kilted workers on the Nile toiling away on their kings’ great monuments. But what is the relationship between these images—along with the deep history they […]

On the Literacy and Education of Ancient Egyptian Artists (Free Virtual Lecture)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Dimitri Laboury, Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art History, Archaeology, History and History of Religions; Research Director, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research in Ancient Egyptian Art History and Archaeology; Director of the Ancient Egyptian Art Historical Research Unit, University of Liège, Belgium One of the salient characteristics of ancient Egypt undoubtedly is its hieroglyphic […]

Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World Exhibition

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Much like today, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in […]